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Show jf lice's rrplcetty. In. hia Tccollections of 4,Bobert E. Lee ils a College President" S. D. McCor-rnlek McCor-rnlek cites ttio folflowlng- instance of quiet 'lnunop of thedistingulshcd southern south-ern general: ITowasaniiplscopalian u vestryman of Grace oh urch. Oen. Pendleton, Pen-dleton, his former chief of artillery, was rwtor, nnd Gen. Smith, superintendent of tihe Virginia military Institute, was also a vestryman. The lntter was not on ugTeeable term with the rector, nnd complained to the officers of thechuroh that the, cadets, among them Ills own son, were deserting the cilniroh of their fathers and that no persuasion could keep them, from attending Dr. Pratt's church (Presbyterian). Tho doctor had a very beautiful daughter, Grace, nnd, wihila Gen. Smith was pushing his objections to the rectorfGeu. Lee, with n twinkle in his eye, said to Smith: "General, possibly the magnet wlrich attracts your son is mot o much the doctor's eloquence as -the doctor's Grace." It is said 1he point silenced Gen. Smith. Outlook. |